Are We The Women We Ought To Be? Poem by KwaNdebele Science School

We love but take it all away,
We motivate but intimidate our ways,
We set out to impress but we never
Seem to try and impress ourselves.

We sense our bodies are in need
But we try to satisfy the need of others.
We give and take,
We build and brake.

Our mindset evolves around pride, anger
And hatred. Always on the look out for
Who's looking and who's not.
Trying to make ourselves feel better by
Opposing our mates.

Instead of empowering each other, we bring
Each other down. Instead of loving each other
For who we ate, we want to over shine each other.

As strong and firm we stand, we ought to be
Weak and emotional wreck. We need people
To tell us that we are beautiful. We don't
Believe in ourselves.
Are we the women we ought to be?


Poem by: NOMCEBO BHUDA